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Africa Research Excellence Fund

A Registered Charity based in England

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The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1193865 .
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Description

The Africa Research Excellence Fund promotes medical research in Africa for the public benefit by providing education and training opportunities for individuals who are citizens of a country in Africa and are aspiring to, or have already embarked on, a career in medical research in Africa. The charity hosts training programmes and provides grants to support the development of research skills.

Also known as

  • Aref

CCEW Charity number

1193865

Company number

13219209

Registered

Postcode

EC1M 6HR

Website

africaresearchexcellencefund.org.uk

Domain

aref-africa.org.uk

Latest income

£715,195 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Africa Research Excellence Fund

GB-CHC-1193865

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Areas of operation in the UK

Area of operation outside the UK

  • Angola
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
  • Central African Republic
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Cameroon
  • Cabo Verde
  • Djibouti
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Gabon
  • Ghana
  • Gambia
  • Guinea
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Kenya
  • Comoros
  • Liberia
  • Lesotho
  • Madagascar
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Malawi
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Rwanda
  • Seychelles
  • Sudan
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Eswatini
  • Chad
  • Togo
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Uganda
  • South Africa
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Registered Office in the UK

Africa Research Excellence Fund

GB-CHC-1193865

Linked records

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1193865 .
What is an organisation identifier?

An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.

Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.

Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.

Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.

GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1193865 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Africa Research Excellence Fund

Organisation record from Companies House
Last updated 2024-07-06

Africa Research Excellence Fund

GB-CHC-1193865

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Scientific research and testing services K10

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

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  • Charitable activities CA » Grant making CA200
  • Charitable activities CA » Grant making CA200 » Grants to organisations CA202
  • Education ED
  • Education ED » Training ED300
  • Research RS
  • Research RS » Medical research RS101

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 103

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Makes Grants To Individuals 301
  • Makes Grants To Organisations 302
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308

Scale of operation

  • National and Overseas

Africa Research Excellence Fund

GB-CHC-1193865

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2021-03-19 Registered as a charity
2022-03-31 5,118,203 1,388,825
2023-03-31 715,195 1,526,251
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Africa Research Excellence Fund

GB-CHC-1193865

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 9 9
Employees paid more than £60,000 2 2
Volunteers 2 2
Trustees 8
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

Africa Research Excellence Fund

GB-CHC-1193865

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 580.0 5,083.9
Legacies - -
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 580.0 5,083.9
Income from charitable activities 113.1 33.6
Income from other trading activities - -
Income from investments 22.1 0.7
Other income - -
Total 715.2 5,118.2
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds 117.3 149.5
Spending on raising funds 117.3 149.5
Grants to institutions 741.2 616.0
Other charitable activities 667.8 623.3
Charitable activities 1,408.9 1,239.3
Other spending - -
Total 1,526.3 1,388.8
Net income / (expenditure) (811.1) 3,729.4

Africa Research Excellence Fund

GB-CHC-1193865

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s
2022
£000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets - -
Investment assets - -
- -
Current assets
Current investment assets 1,667.6 1,451.0
Cash 1,480.1 1,078.8
Other current assets 1,710.6 2,692.9
4,858.4 5,222.8
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (1,657.7) (1,377.4)
Net current assets 3,200.6 3,845.4
Total assets less current liabilities 3,200.6 3,845.4
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (282.0) (116.0)
Net assets 2,918.6 3,729.4
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 1,447.1 2,259.9
Unrestricted funds 1,471.5 1,469.4
2,918.6 3,729.4

Africa Research Excellence Fund

GB-CHC-1193865

Income from government

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According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2023 (the latest year with data available) or 2022.

Africa Research Excellence Fund

GB-CHC-1193865

Data sources

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